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The five selections — North Carolina’s Marquise Williams, N.C. State’s Jacoby Brissett, Miami’s Brad Kaaya, Georgia Tech’s Justin Thomas and preseason ACC Player of the Year DeShaun Watson of Clemson — are the most of any conference in the nation.… Read More »

Coach Dabo Swinney’s team, armed with the league’s preseason Player of the Year in quarterback DeShaun Watson, was the overwhelming choice to win the ACC in a poll of 158 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.… Read More »

Clemson had the most nominees with eight, followed by North Carolina, Duke, Florida State and Virginia Tech with seven each. N.C. State was close behind with six while Syracuse and Virginia had the fewest with three watch list selections each.… Read More »

The omission of the Seminoles’ Dalvin Cook as an early Walker Award candidate almost certainly has to do with his pending legal situation involving the alleged assault of a woman. As for the O’Brien Award, there’s no rhyme or reason why N.C. State’s Jacoby Brissett wasn’t worthy of recognition based on the numbers he posted a year ago.… Read More »

After more than a week of balloting (in which Duke and Clemson fans seem to have participated more than others), the votes for the fourth annual ACCSPYs have all been counted and the winners have been crowned.… Read More »

Six ACC quarterbacks, including both North Carolina’s Marquise Williams and N.C. State’s Jacoby Brissett, are among the 80 players named Tuesday to the preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award. Williams is the top ACC returner in total offense with an average of 286.6 yards per game while Brissett ranks second at 241.2. They are joined on the list of candidates for the honor recognizing the nation’s top college football player are fellow league passers Brad Kaaya of Miami, Deshaun… Read More »

Freshman running back Reggie Gallaspy II carried the ball 18 times while playing for both the Red and the White teams, gaining 131 yards. He also caught a pass for a nine-yard game as the Red defeated the White 16-3 in N.C. State’s annual Kay Yow Spring Football Game… Read More »